[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 58 (Friday, March 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16090-16091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7301]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No: 84.184P]


Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities National Programs--Federal Activities Grants 
Program--The Challenge Newsletter

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 
2000.

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    Purpose of the Program: To fund one cooperative agreement for the 
development and dissemination of The Challenge newsletter to provide 
information about effective practices to prevent drug use and violent 
behavior among youth.
    Eligible Applicants: Public and private nonprofit organizations and 
individuals.
    Applications available: March 24, 2000.
    Deadline for Receipt of Applications: April 24, 2000.

    Note: All applications must be received by the Department's 
Application Control Center

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by 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on or before the deadline date. 
Applications received after that time will not be eligible for 
funding. Postmarked dates will not be accepted. This requirement 
takes exception to the Education Department General Administrative 
Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR 75.102. Under the Administrative 
Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers 
interested parties the opportunity to comment on proposed 
regulations. However, this exception to EDGAR makes procedural 
changes only and does not establish new substantive policy. 
Therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 553 (b) (A), the Assistant Secretary for 
Elementary and Secondary Education has determined that proposed 
rulemaking is not required. Applications by mail should be sent to: 
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
CFDA: 84.184P, Room 3633, ROB#3, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20202-4725. The address for applications delivered by 
hand is: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, 
Attention: CFDA: 84.184P, Regional Office Building 3, Room 3633, 7th 
and D Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4725.

    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 23, 2000.
    Available Funds: $300,000.
    Estimated Size of Award: $300,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

    Note: The Department of Education is not bound by any estimates 
in this notice.

    Project Period: Up to 36 months. Please note that all applicants 
for multi-year awards are required to provide detailed budget 
information for the total project period requested. The Department will 
negotiate at the time of the initial award the funding levels for each 
year of the cooperative agreement award.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
81, 82, 85, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The Notice of Final Priority and 
Selection Criteria for FY 2000 published elsewhere in this issue of the 
Federal Register.
    Absolute Priority: The Assistant Secretary has published elsewhere 
in this issue of the Federal Register a notice of final priority and 
selection criteria which establishes an absolute priority for The 
Challenge newsletter. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), the Assistant 
Secretary will fund under this competition only applications that meet 
the absolute priority.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Gail Beaumont, Safe and 
Drug-Free Schools Program, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20202-6123. Telephone: (202) 260-3954. By FAX: (202) 260-7767. 
Internet: [email protected].
    An individual who uses a TDD may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with Search, 
which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you have 
questions about using the PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office 
(GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC area at 
(202) 512-1530.

    Note:  The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register.


    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.

    Dated: March 21, 2000.
Michael Cohen,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 00-7301 Filed 3-23-00; 8:45 am]
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